Academic Profile

I am interested in how insights from the behavioural sciences can enhance social scientific research and public policy. My doctoral project seeks to explain patterns of issue selection and prioritization in transnational humanitarian networks from a political psychology perspective. It examines how the use of cognitive heuristics by decision-makers influences issue adoption in these networks, particularly among major human rights and development organizations. I also teach an undergraduate course in political psychology and international relations at Mansfield College.

Before coming to Oxford, I attained an MSc (Research) in Political Science & Public Adminstration at Leiden University, an MA in Politics from University College Dublin, and a BA in Sociological and Political Studies & English from the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway.

Awards

NUI Travelling Studentship in Economics, Politics and Social Policy 2017-2020